Rhianon — girls' name
355 babies named Rhianon in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
40% of everyone ever named Rhianon was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Rhianon in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rhianon
The Social Security Administration has registered 355 babies named Rhianon between 1976 and 2008, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rhianon currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rhianon performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 142 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Rhianon shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rhianon in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rhianon in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 355 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Rhianon at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rhianon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1976
- Peak year (1978)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
355 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 25 births in a single year.
Rhianon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 142 births that decade — 40% of Rhianon's all-time total
Rhianon decade highlights
- Peak decade 142 births
- Runner-up 103 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Rhianon's strongest decade
142 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Rhianon by state
Where Rhianon concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.4% |
5 of 355 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1976–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.